THE PRESIDENCY: The Roosevelt Week: Dec. 23, 1935

One sure way has the President of the U. S. of knowing when winter is at hand. Last week Franklin Roosevelt knew it. His white tie and tails were laid out for him one evening when he was wheeled back from his evening swim in the White House pool. Down he went to his first official entertainment of the season. The Cabinet and their wives with a sprinkling of tycoons had the pleasure of eating the first State dinner cooked in the new White House kitchen.

ΒΆ Early one morning last week fire engines...

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